Annie Potts
Acting
Anne Hampton Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Corvette Summer (1978) and won a Genie Award for Heartaches (1981), before appearing in Ghostbusters (1984), Pretty in Pink (1986), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Who's Harry Crumb? (1989), Ghostbusters II (1989), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024). She voiced Bo Peep in the first, second and fourth films of the Toy Story franchise (1995, 1999, and 2019) and in various Disney video games. On television, she played Mary Jo Jackson Shively on the CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993). She was nominated for a 1994 Primetime Emmy Award for playing Dana Palladino on the CBS sitcom Love & War (1993–1995), she played teacher Louanne Johnson on ABC drama Dangerous Minds for one season 1996–1997, and was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1998 and 1999 for playing Mary-Elizabeth "M.E" Sims in the Lifetime drama series Any Day Now (1998–2002). Her other television credits include GCB (2012), The Fosters (2013–2018), and Young Sheldon (2017–2024). She was married to her 1st husband Steven Hartley from 1973 to 1978; her 2nd husband, actor Greg Antonacci from 1978 to 1980; and her 3rd husband Scott Senechal from 1981 to 1989, and they have 1 son. She married her 4th husband, director/producer James Hayman in 1990 and they have 2 sons. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
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movieToy Story 5
2026
Bo Peep (voice)
tvBest Medicine
2026
Aunt Joan
tvGeorgie & Mandy's First Marriage
2024
Connie Tucker
movieGhostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Janine Melnitz
tvSherri
2022
Self - Guest
movieGhostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Janine Melnitz
tvI Heart Arlo
2021
Edmee (voice)
movieArlo the Alligator Boy
2021
Edmée (voice)
movieLamp Life
2020
Bo Peep (voice)
tvThe Movies That Made Us
2019
Janine Melnitz (archive footage)
movieToy Story 4
2019
Bo Peep (voice)
tvYoung Sheldon
2017
Connie Tucker
movieGhostbusters
2016
Desk Clerk
tvChicago Med
2015
Helen
movieAs Good As You
2015
Dr. Laura Berg
tvNCIS: New Orleans
2014
Olivia Brody
tvInstant Mom
2013
Roberta Montgomery
tvThe Fosters
2013
Sharon Elkin
tvRandy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
2012
Tawny Zingwald (voice)
tvAnimal Practice
2012
Virginia Coleman
movieThe Music Teacher
2012
Alyson/Young Alyson
tvScandal
2012
Louise Baker
tvGCB
2012
Gigi Stopper
movieFive
2011
Helen
tvMarry Me
2010
Vivienne Carter
tvThe Talk
2010
Self
tvFish Hooks
2010
Nurse Fishington (voice)
movieFreshman Father
2010
Dorothy Downs
tvRoyal Pains
2009
Mrs. Sacani
movieQueen Sized
2008
Joan Baker
movieThe Sunday Man
2007
Mrs. Culp
tvUgly Betty
2006
Linda
tvMen in Trees
2006
Mary Alice O'Donnell
tvClose to Home
2005
Marla Dodds
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005
Joyce Bosco
tvBoston Legal
2004
Joy Espenson
tvJoan of Arcadia
2003
Lieutenant Lucy Preston
tvTwo and a Half Men
2003
Lenore
movieToy Story 2
1999
Bo Peep (voice)
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Sophie Devere
tvAny Day Now
1998
Mary Elizabeth Sims
tvOver the Top
1997
Hadley Martin
tvThe View
1997
Self
tvDangerous Minds
1996
Louanne Johnson
movieMaking 'Toy Story'
1995
Narrator
movieToy Story
1995
Bo Peep (voice)
movieHer Deadly Rival
1995
Kris Lansford
movieMeggamorphosis
1993
The Egg
movieBreaking the Rules
1992
Mary Klinglitch
tvLove & War
1992
Dana Palladino
movieTexasville
1990
Karla Jackson
movieHanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
Self - Host
movieGhostbusters II
1989
Janine Melnitz
movieWho's Harry Crumb?
1989
Helen Downing
movieShe's Having a Baby
1988
Annie Potts (uncredited)
movieJumpin' Jack Flash
1986
Liz Carlson
tvDesigning Women
1986
Mary Jo Shively
tvAmazing Stories
1985
Mrs. Bev Binford (voice)
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985
(segment "Wordplay")
movieIt Came Upon the Midnight Clear
1984
Cindy Mills
movieCrimes of Passion
1984
Amy Grady
movieGhostbusters
1984
Janine Melnitz
movieWhy Me?
1984
Daria
movieCowboy
1983
D.G.
tvRemington Steele
1982
Annie Carpenter
movieHeartaches
1981
Bonnie Howard
tvMagnum, P.I.
1980
Tracy Spencer
movieThe Scarlett O'Hara War
1980
Betty (uncredited)
tvGoodtime Girls
1980
Edith Bedelmeyer
movieBlack Market Baby
1979
Linda Cleary
movieFlatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
Flatbed Annie
movieCorvette Summer
1978
Vanessa
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975
Self - Host
